The Kitchen Operas

Molly Katzen says these pickled onions “keep practically indefinitely” in the fridge, but I don’t think a batch will last you that long.

So what’s a girl to do with leftover mung beans?  (Holy cow, a small amount dried turns into a huge amount of cooked mung beans!)  Why, make latkes of course! These would probably be better called fritters, patties, or even croquettes (like my White Bean, Parsley & Chive Croquettes!), but the texture and smell reminds [...]

Sometimes you just need sweet potatoes. And to herald the season of root veggies, I’ve put them in a savoury tart. This is not just any tart, this one is gluten-free and absolutely divine. I took it to a barbecue with our friends Mike & Tanya, and we really enjoyed slices of this tart along [...]

All summer, I have been looking forward to my trip to San Francisco for two reasons: 1) A long lunch, eating local deliciousness at Chez Panisse (blog post coming soon, but you can read last year’s thoughts in the meantime). 2) Lingering cups of tea at Samovar, along with some of my favourite food on [...]

There’s something about the crunch of the sesame seeds, the smoothness of the tahini and the richness of the chocolate that makes these so good and satisfying.

Alright, on the theme of entertaining, I’ve got another appetizer for you. If you want to impress people with a dip, this is the one to go with. It’s a deep, dark, black olive tapenade. (Photo courtesy of the talented Dominic Tremblay: @d_tremblay on Twitter) And the secret is to use sundried black olives — [...]

Ok, for one last blast of summer entertaining, you need to make these. I hosted a Pampered Chef party this summer, along with my Mum and my friend Heather, where we made these amazing appetizers. And they are the easiest and most-impressive little delicious nibbles.  So now you get the recipe! We used nectarines, green [...]

It all started with my friend, Ashley. You could, in fact, call her my gluten-free muse! You see, Ashley follows a gluten-free and vegan lifestyle (which, as Meghan Telpner is fond of saying, has cured an incurable disease – Crohn’s). And when you are vegan and gluten-free, you can have some challenges around finding versions [...]

The inspiration? A line of text on a blog somewhere that said something like: “marinate kale in coconut milk for four hours, then grill”. You know that went to the TOP of my “To Make” List. And then I went researching, and found that there are all sorts of “grill kale marinated in coconut milk” [...]

Growing up, my Mum and I used to make muffins together. As the stories go, when I was really little (around 2 years old), she didn’t know what to do with me to keep me occupied all day.  So we made muffins. I was small enough to sit under the counter without my head touching [...]